A review by jilliant
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

As much as I don’t do character-driven stories a bunch, this one had remarkable prose and flow to it. I also enjoyed the wide berth of queer experience it showed and ventured through. Def could have been a little tighter, and also if I had a nickel for every classic book I read with the protag joining socialists outta nowhere at the end, I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.